Chapter 970
Chapter 970 - 956: The Collapsing Triangle
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"Do you know why a triangular relationship is the most stable?"
"Because it has two points of support? Whenever one side tilts, there’s another point to help support it, or shall we say, to keep it in balance?"
"No, because a triangular relationship is the most ambiguous, you’ll never know if your ’he’ is his ’her,’ or her ’him’? Cough, in short, when there are too many possibilities, when everything is based on guesses, you naturally hesitate to make a move."
"Yes, guess. When coming out, guess whether it was A who did it, or was it B pretending to be A, or A pretending to be B pretending to be A, or B pretending to be A......"
In a case, the murderer could be the beneficiary, or the one harmed pretending to be the beneficiary to secure a more long-term benefit, it could be.... the nesting dolls are limitless.
"This time, if it were just Zhao Yan and Sun Yi, no matter what happened, they could come to an understanding, and even if they really fought, as long as it wasn’t a deadly feud, they could still talk it out afterwards, but if a third party is added..."
"Then, no one can be sure about anyone else. In this web of suspicion, there’s also a little room for some minor accidents I’ve arranged..."
The teacup hit the ground, sounding like a warning bell.
The atmosphere suddenly tensed.
And in the not-too-distant estate, a man was laughing.
"While they’re all caught up in guessing who is playing their three-sided guessing game, how would they imagine that perhaps from the start, there was a fourth party outside the game..."
"...It’s you, Zhao Yan, it’s always you! You’re poisoning us again!"
The tea spilled onto the floor and instantly turned into a pool of pale red blood, which then morphed into twisted black water and evaporated.
This act was clearly the malicious curse technique of the Blood Feast..... just in the past few days, two people from the Blood Feast had died from this virulent poison!
At that moment, Sun Yi, who had just been holding the cup, shuddered with fright.
This blood curse was clearly at the Decree-level, and for him, although malevolent, it was merely extremely uncomfortable, but precisely at this moment, there was an equal-level opponent right in front of him...
"Zhao Yan, I need an explanation!"
Even with an ashen face and a heart full of displeasure, Sun Yi still felt something was amiss.
Clearly, he was still rational, unaffected by the poisoning of the Gold Coins.
"...No, it wasn’t me, I haven’t..."
Zhao Yan suddenly stood up, but he seemed panicked.
And this extreme emotional fluctuation, for him, was just too abnormal.
If it wasn’t him, under normal circumstances, he should have responded calmly, and if it was him, he wouldn’t be so shaken at this moment.
So, was he hesitating? Was he really guilty?
In fact, Zhao Yan was indeed hesitating. Although he had proposed to ’borrow’ power from Mr. An Nan and his group, he was still wavering about betraying the Blood Feast, betraying those Rule-levels.... He had never been able to take that decisive step.
He longed to rise further, feared becoming someone else’s food, "food chain" was his profound understanding of the Extraordinary World.
The people of the Blood Feast probably only saw each other as "prey" and "predators." The balance within used to depend on the Lord of the Blood Feast’s power, but now it had completely spiraled Out of Control.
Zhao Yan craved "food," but also feared becoming someone else’s "food."
As a man-made being, he naturally had no affection for the Blood Feast, but he also had no affection for every naturally born human.....he longed to become the man at the top of the food chain.
"It wasn’t me... If it were, I’d have stronger poisons...."
Those words were quite persuasive.
Sun Yi stood up, his surroundings shimmering with Rainbow Light.
"You, how did you know the tea was poisoned?"
All eyes were on the companion who had suddenly shouted "Poison!"
The one who had been called out was startled, and he too was perplexed as to why he had been so impulsive at that moment.
But instinctively, something didn’t feel right, the tea was poisonous, and that sneaky Zhao Yan was intent on killing everyone.....
"It’s him! I knew he wanted to kill us all, someone in our estate was poisoned to death before, it must have been him...."
This low-level professional stared fiercely at Zhao Yan, a Rule-level, convinced by the previous line of thought that it was Zhao Yan who had poisoned them.
This time, the triangular formation in the hall, the chain of suspicion, had completely tied itself into a deadly knot.
"Damn it, I’ve figured it out! It was you—you set a trap to frame me!"
Zhao Yan had realized that this entire situation was a scheme set by these low-level professionals, using Sun Yi to suppress him!
The chain of suspicions had formed.
In the eyes of the low-level professionals at the Blood Feast, everything was a plot by Zhao Yan.
He was the one attempting to hunt all the Decree-levels as his nutrition, and now he didn’t even spare the highly-respected Mr. Sun Yi. If they had arrived any later... They were frightened in retrospect and even more furious.
Without Mr. Sun Yi now, they wouldn’t even dare to step out of their homes.
And if they miss this chance to have Mr. Sun Yi administer justice, they would end up as Zhao Yan’s food!
"Zhao Yan! You must own up to what happened with Liu Ku today, or pay with your life!"
But before that, the empty coffin landed with a thud.
Inside, however, was not nothingness, but a set of blood-stained clothes.
Those were the last remnants of the victim, Liu Ku.
"...No, it wasn’t me...."
"Zhao Yan, do you dare take an oath with the Blood Feast... no, Blood-crow oath, and swear that Liu Ku’s matter has absolutely nothing to do with you?! Do you dare to swear it wasn’t you who took him out of town like a dessert? Do you dare say you haven’t regarded us as cookies to be casually enjoyed, waiting for the day you can indulge?!"
Dao Zhong grew angrier as he spoke, and facing the aggressively confronting colleagues, Zhao Yan, who already had a guilty conscience, inexplicably averted his gaze.
To swear by the name of a Deity, especially one that one believed in and drew power from, had severe consequences for breaking the oath at will.
𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Remembering the previous "delicacy," Zhao Yan felt guilty.
At that moment, the experienced third-party Sun Yi sensed something wrong.
With just a few words, he realized there was an issue.
He might have fallen into the struggle between these "two major factions."
Who had poisoned it no longer mattered since neither party would admit to it... the focus should be on how he should choose.
Clearly, Zhao Yan was more valuable, but he was just a petty scoundrel, entirely untrustworthy...
In that moment, Sun Yi felt as though he had seen through everything.
His logic told him that among the warring parties, the weaker side needed support, while the stronger could simply overpower.
If it was Dao Zhong and his group who had set a trap, using his power to pressure Zhao Yan into taking an oath not to hunt them, then everything would be clear.
At this moment, Sun Yi, who "saw through everything," smiled.
He felt that as a neutral third party, he was about to gain a huge amount of benefit and favors.
The truth didn’t really matter at all, as a middleman, he could totally wait for both parties to make their offers...
He turned with a smile and said to Dao Zhong’s side.
"I think there’s been a little misunderstanding here, Zhao Yan isn’t that kind of person... Zhao Yan!!"
The sudden roar was full of surprise and fury: the right hand that emerged from his heart, and the "blood poison" that was circulating within his own body...
"...Zhao Yan! How dare you try to kill me!"
That fatal "fluid Zhao Yan" was coursing through Sun Yi’s body, wildly destroying his blood vessels and organs.
It was a deadly strike capable of killing a Rule-level, and the "insane" Zhao Yan, in the most unbelievable moment, gambled everything.
However, what was strange was that after the initial ferocity, the insane Zhao Yan suddenly appeared confused for a moment... but the next instant, everything morphed into venomous cruelty.
Once the bow is drawn, there are no turning arrows.
Having done this, he must follow through to the end!
Meanwhile, at the same time, in a certain manor, the man who was enjoying his red wine was pleasantly playing a boring game of tossing Gold Coins.
"One coin, Two Gold Coins, one coin, Two Gold Coins..."
But as the Gold Coins were tossed up into the air, two of them suddenly disappeared without a trace...
"...Two Gold Coins, dear brother Zhao Yan, be a man for once. A good man should direct his anger where it belongs, kill if he wants to kill."
"Heh, my lovely little brother, wish you a pleasant day, or perhaps, your last day alive."
— End of Chapter 970 —